Dutch

Verb

hangen

1. (intransitive) to hang

   Het schilderij hangt aan de muur.‎

   The painting hangs on the wall.

2. (transitive) to hang

   Hij hangt het schilderij aan de muur.‎

   He hangs the painting on the wall.

Inflection

Derived terms

• hanger
• aanhangen
• afhangen
• behangen
• blijven hangen
• rondhangen
• ophangen
• samenhangen
• verhangen
• weghangen
• hangjongere

Finnish

Noun

hangen

1. Genitive singular form of hanki.

German

Alternative forms

• hängen

Etymology

Old High German hangen, from Proto-Germanic *hangijaną, *hangāną.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Verb

hangen

1. (Switzerland, intransitive) to hang
2. (Switzerland, transitive) to hang

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon hāhan, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną. See also hängen.

Verb

hangen ‎(third-person singular simple present hangt, past tense hung, past participle hungen or hangen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (intransitive) to hang; to be suspended

   An wat hangen.

   To hang from something.

2. (intransitive) to stick; to cling
3. (intransitive, figuratively, with an) to be fond of, to feel strongly about

   Bochum ik hang an di.‎

   Bochum, I'm fond of you.

   # (transitive) to hang

4. (transitive) to hang (something); to suspend (hängen is usually preferred in this sense)
5. (transitive) to hang (someone), e.g. for a crime (hängen is usually preferred in this sense)

Conjugation

Usage notes

Hangen has a doublet with nearly the same meaning and usage, hängen. However, hangen is usually preferred in its intransitive meaning, while hängen is more commonly used as a transitive verb.

The weak past participle hangt is sometimes found instead of the more common forms hungen and hangen.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hangijaną, *hangāną, whence also Old English hangian, Old Norse hanga.

Verb

hangēn

1. (intransitive) to hang
2. (transitive) to hang

Conjugation

Descendants

• German: hängen, hangen